Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Australia: The Search for Property in the Labyrinth of the Discretionary Trust
- Brazil: Intuitu Personae Adoption in the Brazilian Legal System
- Canada: Family Law at the Supreme Court of Canada
- China: Reform of the Marriage and Family Part of the Civil Code in China
- England and Wales: Beware of International Relationships
- European Court of Human Rights: Challenging Paternity under Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
- France: A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2019
- Germany: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Parentage: Family Law Lagging Behind
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Family Law Today: Drowning not Waving?
- Korea: Full Guardianship in Korean Law: An Evaluation Over Seven Years from the Perspective of Family Court Practices and the Constitution
- Norway: The New Norwegian Adoption Act
- Poland: Discussion and Reform of Family Law in Poland
- Scotland: Making Scotland ‘The Best Place in the World to Grow Up’?
- Serbia: Child Maintenance and Welfare in Serbian Law
- Slovenia: New Regulation on Guardianship for Adults in Slovenia
- South Africa: Aspects of Dutch Colonial Family Law Related to the Indonesian Rajah of Tambora’s Exile at the Cape
- Sweden and California: On Children’s Rights to be Heard in Custody and Support Matters
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Continued Reflections on Family Law Issues in the Jurisprudence of the CRC Committee: The Convention on the Rights of the Child @ 30
- Index
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Family Law Today: Drowning not Waving?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 February 2021
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Australia: The Search for Property in the Labyrinth of the Discretionary Trust
- Brazil: Intuitu Personae Adoption in the Brazilian Legal System
- Canada: Family Law at the Supreme Court of Canada
- China: Reform of the Marriage and Family Part of the Civil Code in China
- England and Wales: Beware of International Relationships
- European Court of Human Rights: Challenging Paternity under Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
- France: A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2019
- Germany: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Parentage: Family Law Lagging Behind
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Family Law Today: Drowning not Waving?
- Korea: Full Guardianship in Korean Law: An Evaluation Over Seven Years from the Perspective of Family Court Practices and the Constitution
- Norway: The New Norwegian Adoption Act
- Poland: Discussion and Reform of Family Law in Poland
- Scotland: Making Scotland ‘The Best Place in the World to Grow Up’?
- Serbia: Child Maintenance and Welfare in Serbian Law
- Slovenia: New Regulation on Guardianship for Adults in Slovenia
- South Africa: Aspects of Dutch Colonial Family Law Related to the Indonesian Rajah of Tambora’s Exile at the Cape
- Sweden and California: On Children’s Rights to be Heard in Custody and Support Matters
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Continued Reflections on Family Law Issues in the Jurisprudence of the CRC Committee: The Convention on the Rights of the Child @ 30
- Index
Summary
Résumé
À Hong Kong, plusieurs raisons expliquent qu’une réforme cohérente en droit de la famille se fait attendre depuis quelque temps déjà. Alors que dans le courant des dernières années des réformes touchant plusieurs aspects du droit de la famille avaient été engagées, peu de celles-ci ont abouti, souvent en raison de préoccupations soulevées au sein de l’Administration ou de la Législature, ou des deux. Face à ces préoccupations, le processus de réforme semble chaque fois se mettre à l’arrêt et l’on constate une absence de tout sentiment de nécessité ou d’urgence, malgré les nombreux appels provenant de différents acteurs du monde juridique et de la société civile en faveur d’une action législative. Malgré les efforts soutenus au cours des dernières années des magistrats qui par leur jurisprudence et leurs règles de pratique tentent de moderniser et d’améliorer le contenu et la pratique du droit familial, le leitmotiv de Hong Kong en 2019 a encore été pragmatique et à la pièce plutôt que représenter la mise en place d’une réforme globale du droit de la famille, comme ce chapitre montrera.
INTRODUCTION
In many ways 2019 has not been a good year for Hong Kong. From June onwards the streets were taken over, weekend after weekend, for several months by large numbers of residents protesting against proposed extradition legislation that they feared would facilitate future infringement of their fundamental freedoms. Those protests developed in places into riots with running battles between some protestors and police, allegations of brutality on both sides and public institutions being damaged or shut down.
In these circumstances few governments could be criticised for failing to develop and implement a coherent programme of family law reform. In Hong Kong however there has arguably been little in the way of coherent legislative reform of family law for several years now. While the process of reform of a number of aspects of family law has been initiated over the past several years, few reforms are finalised and implemented, often due to concerns raised before either the Administration or the Legislature, or both. Once those concerns have been raised, the reform process seems to stall, with little sense of a need for urgent action, notwithstanding the myriad calls for legislative change from various quarters of the legal community and civil society.
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- International Survey of Family Law 20202020 Edition, pp. 149 - 164Publisher: IntersentiaPrint publication year: 2020